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2004-07-23 Home Front: Tech

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Posted by Dar 2004-07-23 11:06:02 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The scary thing about the article I saw on the Space.Com site was the fact that 2 large vessels sink on average every week

Posted by cheaderhead 2004-07-23 11:17:09 AM|| 2004-07-23 11:17:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Ironically, the research coincided with two "rogue wave" incidents in which two tourist cruisers, the Bremen and the Caledonian Star, had their bridge windows smashed by 30-metre (100-feet) monsters in the South Atlantic.

I saw a story on this on one of the Discovery channels a while back. Seems like when you have chaotic wave conditions, as opposed to long swells, on rare occasions the waves can add their force together and produce a single monster. They don't last very long, but they get huge.

Posted by Steve 2004-07-23 11:43:27 AM|| 2004-07-23 11:43:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 We don't like the term "rogue wave", it is way to negative. The prefered term is Wave of Generous Proportions or WOG P.

Posted by All That Salt Water 2004-07-23 1:34:41 PM|| 2004-07-23 1:34:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 Wave heights for April 2003 here: Link

Posted by Chuck Simmins 2004-07-23 4:46:08 PM|| [http://blog.simmins.org] 2004-07-23 4:46:08 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 Rogue Wave - South Atlantic? What about seismic activity on the Mid-Atlantic ridge creating Tsunamis?
Let's avoid Tristan da Cunha then. . . .

Posted by BigEd 2004-07-23 5:57:03 PM|| 2004-07-23 5:57:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 When whales fart...

Posted by borgboy 2004-07-23 10:04:38 PM|| 2004-07-23 10:04:38 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Discover magazine had an excellent article on this about month or so ago.American scientist had developed theory on how super waves formed and tested successfully in Norwegian wave-making tank,over intense scepticism.

Posted by Stephen 2004-07-24 12:04:28 AM|| 2004-07-24 12:04:28 AM|| Front Page Top

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